Student Alerts
We know that registration has a lot of moving parts, so we have put together the information you need to navigate it. There's a lot of information here, so please bookmark this page so that you can refer back to it. If you need historical information, we have an archive of student alert e-mails.
Table of Contents
- Instructor methods
- Advisement Schedule & Advising Populations
- Ethics Courses, CS 1100, and Core Requirements
- Waitlisting
- Capstone/Junior Design Options
- Required Grades and Pass/Fail Credit
- Anticipated Course Offerings
- Prerequisite Chart
- Double Major Restrictions
- Math Updates
- Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread Updates
- Devices Thread Updates
- Information Internetworks Thread Updates
- Intelligence Thread Updates
- People Thread Updates
- Systems and Architecture Thread Updates
- Theory Thread Updates
- Media Thread Updates
- Modeling and Simulation Thread Updates
Instructor methods
Instructor descriptions for any hybrid sections will appear on Canvas when instructors activate the classes there.
Hybrid specifically describes a course where some sessions take place in person, and some sessions take place fully online. While the in-person meetings may often include blended teaching elements, hybrid courses set the expectation that all students will engage in some parts of the course in person and in other parts of the course through remote, fully online participation.
The following are examples of hybrid courses:
• Students regularly meet in person twice a week on Mondays and Fridays and meet fully online on Zoom on Wednesdays.
• Students meet regularly in person throughout the term, but there are a significant number of scheduled sessions where students meet online or work asynchronously instead.
Advisement Schedule & Advising Populations
Students can schedule appointments Mondays, Tuesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays, 9:00-11:00 am EST and 1:00-4:00 pm EST or drop-in meetings Wednesdays, 9:00-11:00 am EST and 1:00-3:00 pm EST by visiting https://gatech.navigate.eab.com/app/ or accessing Navigate360 through your Buzzport account.
Please use the comments area to add a more detailed reason for all appointments. The comments assist your advisor with preparing for your meeting. Advisors are also available to answer your questions via email. Use the following link to find your assigned advisor: https://www.cc.gatech.edu/undergraduate-advising-team . Accepted BSMS students should make appointments with their assigned BSMS advisors.
Ethics Courses, CS 1100, and Core Requirements
1. CS 3001 (Computing, Society, and Professionalism) satisfies the ethics requirement. It has separate lecture and recitation sections. Students must register for a lecture AND one of the corresponding recitation sections. When offered, the following courses also satisfy the BSCS and BSCM ethics requirement: CS 4001 (abroad programs only), CS 4002, CS 4003, CS 4726, and SLS 3110.
2. CS 1100 A1 and A2 are restricted to CS and CM students
3. Multiple student alerts outlined the prerequisite changes for these CS courses: 4420, 4476, 4641, and 4650. Check OSCAR for the requirements.
The prerequisites for CS 2340 will change beginning in spring 2026.
- Current prerequisites: CS 1331 or CS 1372 or CS 1316 (Minimum Grade of C )
- New prerequisite: CS 1332, Minimum Grade of C
4. Visit this Core Requirements infographic for a quick view of the BSCS core requirements.
Waitlisting
The College of Computing uses the Waitlist function for registration. If a class is full, you must add your name to the waitlist for consideration. Waitlists do not guarantee access to a course. Please review the information and instructions for Waitlisting at: http://www.registrar.gatech.edu/registration/waitlisting.php.
Remember to check your email SEVERAL TIMES DAILY for waitlist movement during registration. When your time ticket opens, you can add your name to available waitlists. The waitlist process will start when all time tickets are open. Incoming students cannot access courses with waitlists. Therefore, some 1000 and 2000-level CS courses will not have waitlists during phase I registration. Waitlists carry over to phase II registration. However, it is crucial to add yourself to the waitlists that are available during phase I.
Capstone/Junior Design Options
OPTION 1: Project Class
OPTION 2: VIP- Vertically Integrated Project
OPTION 3: Research Option
OPTION 4: Start-up/Entrepreneurial Option
1. Review the Junior Design Document for descriptions of these options and registration instructions for each one. If a student begins one option and changes their mind, they will have to start and complete a different alternative (no mixing of junior design options).
2. Instructions for LMC 3403 are on this LMC registration site
3. Spring 2026 Special Topics Junior Design Options options:
CX 3803+CS 3803 = 6 total hours - Team-based capstone experience allowing students to analyze a problem for a customer and manage the solution development through the full project life cycle. Three sections are offered in the spring.
Must register for both CX 3803 and CS 3803. Can mix and match sections.
This one-semester course combination satisfies the Junior Design requirement.
Junior Design (Capstone) CS 3803/CX 3803 withdrawal options
- CS 3803 (Technical Communications) and CX 3803 (Capstone Project Implementation) are co-requisite courses. If you plan to withdraw, your options are: Drop both CS 3803 and CX 3803 together.
Drop only CX 3803 (Capstone Project Implementation) and remain in CS 3803 (Technical Communications).
In this case, completion of CS 3803 will meet the Technical Communications requirement for a future Junior Design option (e.g., VIP, Create-X) or for re-enrollment in CX 3803 in the spring.
Students cannot drop CS 3803 and remain enrolled in CX 3803
- CS 3803 (Technical Communications) and CX 3803 (Capstone Project Implementation) are co-requisite courses. If you plan to withdraw, your options are: Drop both CS 3803 and CX 3803 together.
CS 4803 section ICD+ LMC 3403 = 6 total hours. Entrepreneurial-minded students will work in teams with other College of Computing students to identify, research, and validate real-world problems that have a demonstrable market need. After market validation, students will design, develop, and iterate on a primarily software-based Minimum Viable Product (MVP) to address the chosen problem. This course combination satisfies the Junior Design requirement.
- CS 4803 section ICD prereq: CS 2340, minimum C grade, CS Ethics, minimum C grade
LMC 3403 prereq: Engl 1102.
- CS 4803 will have a permit restriction during phase II registration. Students who meet the prerequisites can contact their assigned advisors for a permit.
- One section of CS 4803 ICD is offered in the spring. Other 4803 courses on the schedule will not count for junior design. CS 3803 Technical Communications taken in spring 2024 or spring 2025 will satisfy the Tech Comm requirements for this option. The CS 3803 Fall 25 and spring 26 offerings will not satisfy the requirements for this option.
Required Grades and Pass/Fail Credit
1. GRADE OF “C” REQUIRED-CS majors must make a grade of “C” or higher in all CS and thread required courses.
2. PASS/FAIL CREDIT- CS majors must take all coursework for a letter grade except for CS 1100 and free electives. If you meet GT Institute regulations, you may use up to six hours of free electives as pass/fail credit.
Anticipated Course Offerings
A TENTATIVE COURSE SCHEDULE is available as a guide to help with planning and is subject to faculty availability.
Prerequisite Chart
Check for current prerequisites in OSCAR.
Double Major Restrictions
Double majors with MATH cannot declare Mod/Sim or Theory as a thread.
Math Updates
NEW PROB/STAT OPTION - MATH 3235 with MATH 3236 (both must be taken) can count toward the Prob/Stat requirement. The extra three hours can count toward free electives.
New Math and Computing major information session
The College of Computing and School of Mathematics are launching our new Mathematics and Computing major in Summer 2026. We are holding an informational session for you to learn more about the major and ask questions on Thursday, November 6, from 11-12. Both in-person and virtual options are available to attend.
If you are interested in attending, please visit our webpage at Prospective Students – Mathematics and Computing to learn more and register.
Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread Updates
The Cybersecurity and Privacy Thread launched in the 2024-2025 Catalog.
Students enrolled at Georgia Tech before summer 2024 who want to select Cybersecurity and Privacy as a thread must first change their catalog year to 2024-2025 or 2025-2026. Find instructions on the Registrar’s Office Change of Major web page.
Devices Thread Updates
Information Internetworks Thread Updates

CS 3235 Introduction to Information Security replaces CS 4235 Introduction to Information Security
Intelligence Thread Updates

1. CS 4644 - Deep Learning is approved for Approaches to Intelligence.
2. CS 4510 is the only course available for the Computational Complexity Requirement. The prerequisites for CS 4510 are (MATH 3012 or 3022) and (MATH 3215 or MATH 3225 or MATH 3670 or ISYE/CEE 3770 or ISYE 2027 with 2028) and "C" or higher CS 3510/3511. CS 3240 is no longer an option for Computational Complexity and will not be on future schedules.
Students on catalogs before 2023-2024 can take CS 4510 or take three courses under the Approaches to Intelligence pick area.
3. CS 4510 is required for the Intelligence & Theory thread combination.
4. PSYC 110 moved out of the required Social Science area of DegreeWorks beginning with the 2025-2026 catalog. It is required for students on the 2024-2025 catalog and earlier.
The course is required for some classes in the Intelligence thread, thus highly recommended. When taken, it will satisfy a Social Science requirement.
People Thread Updates

1. CS 4803 HSI Health Sensing Interventions (spring 2026) is approved for Human-Centered Technology
2. PSYC 2012 replaced the PSYC 2015 requirement. PSYC 2012 is three hours and does not include a lab. Students on the 2024-2025 or earlier catalogs must use PSYC 2012 plus one free elective hour to satisfy the PSYC 2015 requirement.
CS and CM Spring degree candidates who completed an Online Application for Graduation (OAG) before the Wednesday prior to phase I are placed on the permit list that the CoC sent to the School of Psychology (SoP) to enter permits for phase I.
Students who apply after this date are added to a late permit list.
CoC sends this list to SoP on the last day of Phase I to enter permits between Phase I and Phase II.
Restrictions will remain in place for the first 48 hours of phase II to allow students with later permits to register.
PSYC 2012 restrictions are lifted after 48 hours of phase II registration.
Advisors can make the substitution throughout registration, so be patient if you do not see it on DegreeWorks.
3. CS 3751 covers the same material as CS 3750 but with a different format of two 50-minute lectures and one smaller two-hour design studio.
4. PSYC 1101 moved out of the required Social Science area of DegreeWorks beginning with the 2025-2026 catalog. It is required for students on the 2024-2025 catalog and earlier.
The course is required for some classes in the People thread, thus highly recommended. When taken, it will satisfy a Social Science requirement.
Systems and Architecture Thread Updates

CS 4240 prerequisites changed after Spring 2025 as follows:
Previous prerequisite: CS 2340
New prerequisites: CS 1332 and (CS 2200 or ECE 3058)
Theory Thread Updates
Media Thread Updates
Modeling and Simulation Thread Updates

CS 1171 is no longer offered. Students on the 2022-2023 or earlier catalogs can use one free elective hour to satisfy the requirement.


